The Insects of Australia: A Textbook for Students and Research Workers, Volume 1

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Page 58In many insects the mid gut is lined, at least temporarily, by a delicate, perforated
membrane, the peritrophic membrane (Fig. 2.44). This may be produced in
sheets by all the mid gut cells so that successive, concentric layers are present in
the ...

Page 2219 In 1770, after accompanying James Cook in his exploration of the east coast of
Australia, Joseph Banks attempted some generalisations about the natural
history of the newly-discovered coast. In his journal he wrote: 'Of insects there
were ...

Page 242models for insects in general concerning the possible adaptive role of hsp genes.
The resultant findings may ultimately have relevance to field ecology where
extremes of temperature are experienced by insects, and to stored product ...